I am moving into a new house and using the loose wallet mentality to convince my wife (rightly so) that we need to upgrade our home theater setup.
My current system is going in the living room, so I'm basically building from the ground up. I am going with the new Panasonic 58" v10 plasma, and a pioneer 819 h-k receiver, and xbox 360 elite for gaming and streaming netflix, and a ps3 for gaming and blu-ray.
My speaker budget is a flexible $500. I have looked at the 5.1 systems from tSc, and I know the behringer 2030's are a common suggestion in my budget area. However, I am wondering about my room.
The seating is a loveseat against the back wall and a sofa against the side wall in an L-shape, so it's not going to be possible to really have any surround provide a decent soundstage for both seats. It's going to have to be pointing either at the loveseat or at the sofa, or somewhere in-between. I have considered dipoles, like the ones on the 2nd from the bottom of the line tSc system, but I don't know how much good they're going to do.
Is it crazy to think about just going 2.1? I mean I'd love to have a 5.1 system, but the reality of my viewing habits is that it's mostly regular tv, sports and crappy reality shows my wife watches, some game playing, but honestly, there's not much music or theater viewing. I was considering in-ceiling, but my ceiling slants up from one side of the room to the other, so the installation and placement would be a pain.
Am I going to be dissappointed with 2 towers/bookshelves and a sub? The room is only about 10x15 (Front-to-back being the 15) and is open on one side to the kitchen, so it's not much of a home theater setup. Let's face it, the TV is the star of the show.
I welcome any and all suggestions, thanks.
